Gypsy Sam

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  Elders receive a report that I am openly displaying false religious symbol

  by confusedandalone in

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  when you look at the image above what do you see?

  a sneaker or an outward display that i am now following after another religious group?.

  well yesterday i had a 10 minute conversation with an elder who finally got the balls to call me.

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  Wow. Speechless.
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  WT article on ''never have we said Jehovah has said"

  by Aussie Oz in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  been going nuts looking for this.. i am sure i have read, and probably saved, a quote by them about not being false prophets but i am buggered if i can find it anywhere in search, google or my own pc.. can you help?.

  i think its 2009 but not sure, where they have the line 'never have we said ''jehovah has said'' when ...'.

  a link or pdf or scan or cut n paste, etc would be great!.

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  philipines disaster news up on jw.org

  by Captain Blithering in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.jw.org/en/news/

  wouldn't it be nice if they said 'you know what, we've made millions in property sales recently, lets donate a couple million to a philipines relief fund..'

  ten vans full, probably just for jw's.

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  DS: Exactly what I was thinking. Someone posted what looks like the same info that Barbara posted back on page two. All the JW's that commented each used wording "praying for our brothers and sisters". Just to make a point, I used "ALL in the area", in my comment. I doubt anyone got my innuendo.
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  Update on fading

  by Skipper12 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  haven't posted anything here since my first post almost 5 months ago (you can read it here: http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/experiences/255032/1/great-roi-successfully-fading#.uopjv-kdzyi), but i'm lurking around here almost on a daily basis.. short update:.

  - all jw's on my part of the family are fully awake about ttatt and have fast-forwarded into 'fading mode'.

  they are missing meetings, no longer go out in field service (but still send a fictious time slip at the end of the month), have missed the recent assembly.. - my father is now an ex-elder.

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  Congrats! Very nice news to read! Keep us posted.
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  'Great ROI'...successfully fading

  by Skipper12 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  6 months or so ago, me and my wife decided we will never set foot again in a kingdom hall.

  about 4 months earlier than that, i stumbled upon an article about the wts being associated with the un.

  that got me into finding out ttat eventually.

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  Welcome, great first post!

  "notjustyet" makes a valid suggestion. I had moments, when certain news events made me panic a tad, but continuing to read more about cults and science has overruled any worries about leaving JW.
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  Evolution of the Eye

  by zound in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  after doing some research on the evolution of the eye, i compiled this simple explanation of the key points.

  anyone with greater knowledge please correct anything mistaken - and questions / comments welcome.

  any writers that want to correct grammar/sentence structure issues would be great also.. .. .. .. an eye, simply put, is photoreceptors + structure.. the structure can be something as simple as a cup-shaped depression or pinhole lens, or as elaborate as our camera eye, an insects compound eye, or the mirror eyes of a scallop.

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  Wife and kids are officially OUT!!

  by Oneoutallout in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my wife has told her jw best friend and jw sister that she is givng up the religion!!

  and there was i worrying about losing her when i left the cult.

  and, to top it all, my 15 and 13 year old children are using their critical thinking skills and can see it all for what it is.

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  Congrats! Enjoy your time as a family no longer divided by WT.
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  Faith in God should not be weak because of a wicked organization?!

  by Mr Fool in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i feel it strange that many here is here because of the wt organizations lies, contradictions etc (?!).

  a deep and personal belief in god should not stand or fall because of a wicked organization that manipulate people.

  i have a feeling that other christians in other organizations are more stable in their belief.

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  I concur with Doc's observation. I have no desire to go into any church, other than to admire architectural features.

  I was thinking last week about if I have any belief in God left and the realization dawned on me that I see God and Satan as a package deal, right now. Since I absolutely do not believe in Satan, I can't make sense of believing in a god.
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  Deactivate My Account

  by villagegirl in

  1. forum
  2. tech-support

  how do i deactivate my account and.

  erase all mail and messages get out of here ?.

  i see no option to deactivate or to trash messages.

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  Gypsy Sam

  May I ask why?
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  How do you feel about Common Core education?

  by nonjwspouse in

  1. social
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  especially if you are a teacher, how did you learn about it to begin with?

  was there a common core rep doing a slick presentation?.

  how do those of you with kids on school feel about, among others, things such as the deemphasis on the great works of literature ?.

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  I read some rather disturbing information about it a few months ago. I ended up feeling relieved my daughter is a junior and I'm paying for private high school. I am not a teacher so I could be mistaken in my viewpoint, I'm in Florida and the public school system is lagging way behind, based on what I see and have read.